Governor Kathy Hochul announces that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, with Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT, is requesting proposals to guide the Penn Station reconstruction effort outlined in the fall in the Penn Station Master Plan study. Photo: Don Pollard/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul Battle Lines Over Penn Station Once upon a rather different time, the Pennsylvania Railroad, then the nation’s second largest corporation, decided it could... News 18 Jun 2022 | 04:55
The West-Park Presbyterian Church was deemed a landmark in 2010. Photo courtesy of the West-Park Presbyterian Church A ‘David Versus Goliath’ Dispute Over West-Park Presbyterian Church A battle is brewing on the Upper West Side over an architectural piece of history: the West-Park Presbyterian Church. The... News 15 Apr 2022 | 09:18
Rendering of Boat Basin plan, via NYC Parks Department CB7 Opposes Boat Basin Revisions Members of Community Board 7 still oppose several aspects of the $90 million plan that will transform the 79th Street Boat... News 09 Dec 2021 | 02:47
Street-level rendering of revised Blood Center, courtesy of Ennead. Blood Center: The Political Tide Turns The New York Blood Center lopped 116 feet off the new tower it is proposing to build on the East Side and that turned the... News 12 Nov 2021 | 11:49
Governor Kathy Hochul unveils commuter-first vision for Penn Station and surrounding neighborhood on Nov. 3, 2021. Photo: Don Pollard / Office of Governor Kathy Hochul ( Don Pollard) Hochul: ‘It’s Time for a New Penn Station’ Governor Kathy Hochul didn’t so much scale down Andrew Cuomo’s plan for redeveloping Penn Station and its neighborhood as... News 07 Nov 2021 | 12:29
Blood Center rendering, via the office of George M. Janes. City Planning Commission Approves Blood Center Project The controversial proposal to build a 340-foot life sciences laboratory and office tower on the current site of The New York... News 23 Sep 2021 | 03:30
Blood Center rendering, via the office of George M. Janes. A Late Push for the Blood Center Since the New York Blood Center first announced plans to build a 334-foot life sciences hub – dubbed Center East – at its... News 10 Sep 2021 | 06:12
Memorial Lights, Sept. 11, 2020. Photo: Florin C, via Flickr Downtown: 20 Years After 9/11 Two decades ago, our world changed on Tuesday, September 11th with the largest terrorist attack on American soil at the heart... News 30 Aug 2021 | 08:44
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer (center) presided over a public hearing at Hunter College about the Blood Center proposal. Photo: Emily Higginbotham New Twists in Blood Center Debate Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer heard from the public this week on the New York Blood Center’s controversial proposal... News 16 Jul 2021 | 04:04
New York Blood Center tower protest, Sunday, May 23, 2021, on the Upper East Side. Photo: Diane Bondareff ‘Stop the Tower’ Community Board 8 took action on Tuesday, May 25 against the New York Blood Center’s divisive plan to build a 334-foot life... News 28 May 2021 | 10:29
200 Amsterdam Avenue, Feb. 2020. Photo: Alexis Gelber Controversial Tower Can Keep Its Top Floors The controversial high-rise at 200 Amsterdam Ave can keep all 52 of its stories, a state appeals court ruled this week –... News 05 Mar 2021 | 05:01
Rendering of a new Port Authority Bus Terminal, courtesy of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Expansion Plans NYC is set to embark on two major expansion projects that will transform transportation and create more open space in Lower... News 25 Jan 2021 | 10:39
Design for building on East 62nd Street. Image via Rafael Vinoly Architects Scrapping the ‘Tower on Stilts’ Plans for a controversial Upper East Side “tower on stilts” have been completely scrapped, according to City Council Member... News 14 Dec 2020 | 10:57
Rendering of the Farley building, courtesy of Vornado. Facebook Acquires New Space on West Side As Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was grilled last week by Congress and businesses are being forced to close due... News 06 Aug 2020 | 03:53
Rendering: Gilman Architects Metro Theater to be Turned into Retail A famous movie theater that was built during the Great Depression will soon be transformed into retail. In June, a developer... News 29 Jun 2020 | 10:34
